Cookie Policy

1. Controller

The controller responsible for data processing in connection with cookies and similar technologies set by early-booker.com is:

Where travel, affiliate or technology partners are technically integrated into the portal, the relevant partner may be independently responsible for its own cookies and related processing. Its privacy and cookie information will then apply in addition.

2. What are cookies and similar technologies?

Cookies are small pieces of information that can be stored on or read from your device when you visit a website. Similar technologies may include Local Storage, Session Storage, pixels, tags, device identifiers and embedded scripts.

These technologies can help a website operate securely, remember language settings, maintain a stable session, store your consent choices or — with your consent where required — help analyse how the portal is used.

3. Which categories may be used?

The correct category depends on the actual purpose and technical implementation of a technology, not merely on the name of the service using it.

4. Legal bases

Consent must be given through an active choice. Silence, continued browsing or pre-selected options do not constitute valid consent for non-essential technologies.

5. Giving, refusing or changing consent

On your first visit, the consent interface may allow you to choose which non-essential categories you wish to permit. Strictly necessary technologies cannot be disabled where they are required to provide a function you have expressly requested.

• You can reject non-essential technologies as a whole.
• You can select individual categories where the consent system provides that option.
• You can withdraw consent at any time with effect for the future.
• Rejecting or withdrawing consent should be as easy as giving consent.

Use the “Open cookie settings” button at the top of this page to review or change your choices. Changes apply to future storage and access; lawful processing that took place before the change is not made unlawful retrospectively.

6. Travel providers, affiliate partners and external widgets

early-booker.com may include content and functions from external partners, for example for hotels, flights, car hire, activities, maps, chat, payments or booking processes. Loading such functions may create a connection to the relevant provider.

Where an integration is not strictly necessary for a service you have expressly requested, it should only be activated in accordance with your consent where consent is required. If you are redirected to an external partner website, that partner’s own cookie and privacy information applies there.

Affiliate technologies may use technically necessary attribution parameters so that a referred visit or completed booking can be attributed to the portal. Where non-essential cookies or similar storage access are used for this purpose, prior consent is required where applicable.

7. Cookie names, providers and storage periods

Cookies may be session cookies that expire when you close your browser or persistent cookies that remain stored for a defined period. Any retention period should be limited to what is appropriate and proportionate for the relevant purpose.

The current detailed view in the consent system should identify at least the following for each technology actually used:

• the name of the cookie or similar technology,
• the provider or responsible domain,
• the purpose and category,
• the storage period or criteria used to determine it,
• where relevant, information about recipients and transfers to third countries.

8. Managing cookies through your browser

You can also view, block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Depending on the browser, you may be able to allow cookies only for selected websites or delete them automatically when you close the browser.

If you completely block strictly necessary cookies or storage functions, language selection, search, booking management, security or other expressly requested functions may not work correctly. Deleting cookies in your browser also does not always replace changing your consent choices, so where possible use the cookie settings on this website as well.

9. Your data protection rights

Where cookies or similar technologies involve the processing of personal data, you may have the following rights subject to the applicable legal requirements:

• access to your personal data,
• rectification of inaccurate data,
• erasure or restriction of processing,
• data portability where the statutory requirements are met,
• objection to processing based on legitimate interests,
• withdrawal of consent with effect for the future.

Further information is available in our Privacy Policy.

10. Right to lodge a complaint

You may lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority. For the controller established in Ireland, the Irish Data Protection Commission is particularly relevant:

11. Changes and contact

We may update this Cookie Policy if the legal framework, consent system, technologies used, services or partner integrations change. The version published on this page is the current version.